English 4 part 1

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The word that best describes the ideal behavior according to the literary Victorians is

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immoral

genteel

defiant

slothful

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Many Victorian hoped that their work would

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create new styles of comedy

reestablish Romantic ideals

eliminate poverty

raise doubts about materialism

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The term `word music` includes all of the following except

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rhythm and meter

p rhyme and repetition

simile and metaphor

alliteration and assonance

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Which of the following statements from `Ulysses` DOES NOT represent a theme of the poem

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`I am part of all that I have met .`

`Far on the ringing plains of windy Troy .`

`Old age hath yet his honor and his toil .`

`Though much is taken , much abides .`

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The line `willows whiten , aspens quiver` demonstrates Tennysons use of

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alliteration and assonance

assonance and rhyme

rhyme and dissonance

dissonance and alliteration

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Because `My Last Duchess` is a dramatic monologue , the reader

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can read the speakers unvoiced thoughts

can read the poets comments about the speaker

must infer all meanings from what the speaker says

can `overhear` the conversation between the speaker and the listener

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`How Much Land Does a Man Need ?` is an allegory because

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the devil appears at least once

it presents and answers a question

It deals with simple people

Its characters and events stand for abstract ideas or moral concepts

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Which of the following best demonstrates the difference between the British and Russian views of the progress initiated by the industrialization and modernization of the nineteenth century

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British authors focused on the agrarian aspects of modernization , while the Russians focused on the impact of city life

British were most concerned with the social changes and problems brought about by the technology itself , but Tolstoy was focused on the spiritual effects of progress

British authors focused on the problems inherent in the technology itself , while Tolstoy focused on the social problems

They had essentially the same view

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Which line from `The Bet` makes an explicit thematic statement

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`Fifteen years imprisonment had taught him to sit still .`

`His reading suggested a man swimming in the sea among the wreckage of his ship and trying to save his life by greedily clutching first at one spar and then at another .`

`The one means of being saved from bankruptcy and disgrace is the death of that man !`

`You have lost your reason and taken the wrong path . You have taken lies for truth and hideousness for...